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WASHINGTON, D.C. — The U.S. Supreme Court today lifted the federal stay of the execution of Darold Ray Stenson in Washington state, but a state court stay remained in effect.
The nation's oldest and longest serving U.S. Supreme Court justice, John Paul Stevens, did not give any hints about his retirement plans as he addressed 700 law school students Monday at the University of Florida.
Even if the plaintiffs have shown irreparable injury from the navy’s training exercises, any such injury is outweighed by the public interest and the Navy’s interest in effective, realistic training of its sailors.
Nov. 12 (Bloomberg) -- The U.S. Supreme Court lifted restrictions on the Navy's use of sonar during training exercises off the Southern California coast, ruling that national security needs trumped environmental concerns.
The U.S. Supreme Court dealt a defeat to environmentalists Wednesday and cleared the way for the Navy to use high-powered sonar off the Southern California coast even if it poses a threat to whales and other marine mammals.
The city of Pleasant Grove, Utah, contends that just because it accepted a privately-donated Ten Commandments monument for a public park, it does not have to accept a monument from a little-known religious group called Summum espousing its principles.
The U.S. Supreme Court appeared divided on Wednesday on whether a city violated a religious group's free-speech rights by refusing to put its monument in a public park near a similar Ten Commandments display.
Nov. 13 (Bloomberg) -- The Republican National Committee filed a new legal challenge to the 2002 campaign finance law that bans political parties from taking corporate, union and unlimited individual donations.
More than a half-dozen legal challenges have been filed in federal and state courts demanding President-elect Barack Obama's decertification from ballots or seeking to halt elector meetings, claiming he has failed to prove his U.S. citizenship status.
WASHINGTON -- The U.S. Supreme Court dealt a defeat to environmentalists Wednesday and cleared the way for the Navy to use high-powered sonar off the Southern California coast even if it poses a threat to whales and other marine mammals.
n Federal judge's injunction requiring the navy to take precautions during submarine-hunting exercises thrown out
WASHINGTON (AP) - The U.S. Supreme Court has sided with the Navy in a dispute over its use of sonar off the California coast. In its first decision of the term, the court voted 5-4 to lift restrictions on the Navy's use of sonar in submarine training exercises.
Washington -- The U.S. Supreme Court heard arguments Tuesday on the Federal Communications Commission's policy of punishing TV stations for the one-time broadcast of the F-word and S-word during early evening hours when children are flipping through the channels.
WASHINGTON - Thou shalt - or shalt not - allow Seven Aphorisms to go on display in a public park along with the Ten Commandments. That's the crux of a monumental Utah case going before the U.
Associated Press - November 12, 2008 10:13 AM ET WASHINGTON (AP) - The Supreme Court is lifting restrictions on the Navy's use of sonar in training exercises off the California coast, a defeat...
Associated Press - November 12, 2008 10:13 AM ET WASHINGTON (AP) - The Supreme Court is lifting restrictions on the Navy's use of sonar in training exercises off the California coast, a defeat...
